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Combining all of Nissin’s new Cup Noodle series into one powerful bowl of ramen
- Oona McGee
Sep 15, 2021 - Tweet
Man vs. Massive Bowl of Cup Ramen.
- Japan
- (50th anniversary • Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • marketing • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • recipes • SNJO • Sora Kitchen • taste test • videos • weird)
Is Japan’s new Super Combined Cup Noodle series really as great as it claims to be?
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2021
Nissin plays matchmaker with its flavours, creating new couples that fight and make love together.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • Cup Noodle • food • instant nodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test • weird)
Nissin Cup Noodle Soda gives us the flavour of instant ramen as fizzy drinks!
- Oona McGee
Sep 13, 2021
Yes, these are real — and they’re available to preorder now!
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Noodle • drinks • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • japanese drinks • Japanese food • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Noodles • ramen • soda • weird • wtf)
Nissin’s new Cup Noodle series smashes flavours together for super combined power
- Oona McGee
Sep 7, 2021
Instant ramen range comes with a crazy commercial that’s gone viral online.
- Japan
- (50th anniversary • Cup Noodle • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • marketing • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • videos • weird)
Mochi ice cream ramen: Noodles will never be the same again
- Oona McGee
Sep 7, 2021
We love Yukimi Daifuku ice creams, but will we love them when they’re wrapped in pork and floating in a hot, salty broth?
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • food • ice cream • Korakuen • Kourakuen • Lotte • mochi ice cream • Mr. Sato • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird • Yukimi Daifuku)
Japan’s “edible tear gas ramen” lives up to its name【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 28, 2021
The convenience store treat (?) from Japan’s northern island is delicious…as long as you eat it the right way.
- Japan
- (COK • convenience stores • food • Hokkaido • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • Secoma • Seico Mart • SNO • spicy • taste test • wasabi)
Nissin Cup Noodle flavours become Umaibo snacks, and we try every one of them
- Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2021
This sought-after limited-edition series is so rare it can’t be purchased in stores.
- Japan
- (COK • Cup Noodle • Family mart • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • review • snacks • SNJO • taste test • umaibo)
Master the art of making soba noodles with this easy to use kit from Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 20, 2021
Everything you need to make a great bowl of fresh noodles at home.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • DIY • food • food hack • gadgets • how to • Japanese food • kitchen gadgets • Noodles • recipes • SNJO • soba • Soba Making Master • Takara Tomy)
How to make a shaved ice dessert out of instant noodles
- Oona McGee
Aug 19, 2021
Spoiler alert: We won’t be making this ever again.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking hack • easy recipe • food • hacks • instant noodles • Japanese food • Japanese recipe • kakigori • Nissin • Nissin Donbei • Noodles • ramen • recipe • Seiji Nakazawa • shaved ice • SNJO • Sora Kitchen • SoraKitchen • udon)
We drop big bucks on the Big Stream Soumen Slider Mega Las Vegas, but is it worth it?
- Shannon
Aug 16, 2021
Because why do something normally when you can do it Vegas-style instead?
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • food • nagashi somen • Noodles • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Takara Tomy Arts • toys • weird)
Celebrate a belated Pokémon Slowpoke Day by slurping up some exclusive udon from Kagawa!
- Katy Kelly
Aug 13, 2021
Who needs a Slowpoke Tail when you have all these yummy noodles?
- Japan
- (COK • cuisine • Japanese food • Kagawa • Noodles • olives • Slowpoke • SNJO • tourism • udon • udon noodles)
Toast Soba: Cancelled before it goes on sale due to popularity
- Oona McGee
Aug 12, 2021
Fusion breakfast item pulled from the menu before sales begin.
- Japan
- (bread • COK • food • Fuji Soba • Fujisoba • Japanese food • new • Noodles • restaurants • soba • toast • Tokyo)
Our reporter devises the best way to beat the summer heat: by eating somen in an outdoor shower
- Dale Roll
Aug 4, 2021
Go devises his own, completely unique way to enjoy a classic summer meal, and named it: Jibun wo Nagashi Somen.
- Japan
- (funny • genius • Go Hatori • hot • Japanese food • Japanese summer • Japanese tradition • nagashi somen • Noodles • somen • summer)
Londoners marvel at newly-opened Marugame Udon restaurant’s low prices
- Katy Kelly
Aug 2, 2021
You paid how much for a bowl of udon?!
- Europe, Japan
- (cheap eats • Japanese cuisine • london • Marugame Udon • Noodles • tasty • udon • United Kingdom)
Tokyo’s new frozen ramen vending machines are brain-breakingly amazing【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2021
Ramen Stock 24 baffles our minds and delights our souls.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • food • frozen food • Nakano • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test • vending machines)
We try chain restaurant miso ramen in Paris and find a slice of home overseas【Pics】
- Ingrid Tsai
Jul 18, 2021
Sometimes the most familiar things in life spring up in the most unexpected of places.
- Europe, Japan
- (COK • Dosanko • food • france • Ikuna Kamezawa • miso ramen • Noodles • overseas Japanese food • paris • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • travel)
We try a Tokyo luxury hotel’s fancy Cup Noodle buffet items, eat best curry noodles of our lives
- Dale Roll
Jul 14, 2021
If you’ve ever wondered what fancy dishes with instant noodles would look like, look no further than the Keio Plaza Hotel!
- Japan
- (buffet • COK • Cup Noodle • food • hotels • instant noodles • keio plaza hotel • Luxury • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • travel • weird)
Traditional noodles undergo a cute evolution in Kawaii Company’s new rainbow somen
- Krista Rogers
Jul 13, 2021
These five flavors of cute and colorful Miwa somen are just in time to brighten up your summer.
- Japan
- (cool • cute • Felissimo • food • Kawaii • Kawaii Company • Nara • Noodles • Sebastian Masuda • Senjutei • somen • summer)
Become a noodle expert with Takara Tomy’s new Soba-Making Master and free online cooking lesson
- Krista Rogers
Jul 13, 2021
Making homemade soba with the whole family has never been so satisfying.
- Japan
- (ABC Cooking Studio • COK • cooking • DIY • Noodles • soba • Soba Making Master • Takara Tomy)
The best-looking ramen in Japan? New store creates beautiful noodle bouquets
- Oona McGee
Jul 10, 2021
But…do they that taste as good as they look?
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • food • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • reviews • SNJO • taste test • vegan • vegetables • vegetarian)
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